noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cafe americano, caffè americano, coffee americano
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of americano.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
An American.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Qualifier: imitating non-native speakers or in their context
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
1970s, from Italian (caffè) americano or American Spanish americano (“American (coffee)”). Cocktail sense from Italian americano.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَمْرِيكَانُو
(ʔamrīkānū)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Arabic:
أَمِرِيكَانُو
(ʔamirīkānū)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Armenian:
ամերիկանո
(amerikano)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Azerbaijani:
amerikano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Belarusian:
амерыка́на
(amjerykána)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Belarusian:
амэрыка́на
(amerykána)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Bulgarian:
америка́но
(amerikáno)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Chinese Mandarin:
美式
(Měishì)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Czech:
americano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Finnish:
americano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
French:
americano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
French:
américano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Georgian:
ამერიკანო
(ameriḳano)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
German:
Americano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
German:
Verlängerter
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Greek:
αμερικάνο
(amerikáno)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Hebrew:
אָמֶרִיקָנוֹ
(amerikáno)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Indonesian:
amerikano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Italian:
americano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Japanese:
アメリカーノ
(amerikāno)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Kazakh:
американо
(amerikano)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Korean:
아메리카노
(amerikano)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Kyrgyz:
американо
(amerikano)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Lao:
ອະເມຣິກາໂນ
(ʼa mē ri kā nō)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Lao:
ອາເມລິກາໂນ
(ʼā mē li kā nō)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Macedonian:
америка́но
(amerikáno)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Iranian Persian:
اَمْریکانو
(amrikânu)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Iranian Persian:
اَمِریکانو
(amerikânu)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Polish:
americano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Portuguese:
americano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Russian:
америка́но
(amerikáno)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Spanish:
americano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Tajik:
американо
(amerikano)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Thai:
อะเมริกาโน
(à-mee-rí-gaa-noo)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Thai:
อาเมรีกาโน
(aa-mee-rii-gaa-noo)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Northern Thai:
ᩋᩡᨾᩮᩁᩥᨠᩣᨶᩰ
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Turkish:
americano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Turkish:
amerikano
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
Ukrainian:
америка́но
(amerykáno)
— drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
